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Computershare gobbles up BNY Mellon shareowner services

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Investor services firm Computershare will buy BNY Mellon's shareowner services business for US$550 million in the biggest ever purchase for the firm, it told the Australian Stock Exchange today. Two banks have provided bridging finance for the purchase ...

Fund managers feast on billion-dollar debt

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Corporate debt issuance has surged this year giving fund managers billions of dollars worth of diversification in the fixed income market, leading experts have said. Bond fund giant Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) estimates about US$18 billion ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
The Australian stock market was more than half a per cent higher at noon as speculation re-emerged that Shell could sell its stake in Woodside to BHP. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 28.4 points higher, or 0.59 per cent, at 4,866.3 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
The Australian market is likely to fall after equity markets around the world slumped as investors worried about the increasingly violent unrest in Libya. On the ASX 24 at 0701 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was 44 points lower at ...

More disclosure pose unintended risks

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... just adequate, but also strategic oversight and planning of the companies for the long term," Ann Byrne, chief executive of ASCI said.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
The Australian market has received strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight. Equities markets around the world were down - apart from Shanghai - although precious metals were higher. At 0707 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
Australian stocks rose to the highest level in a month by noon, as the banks and large miners gained, after US stocks and commodity prices rose overnight. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 50.1 points, or 1.11 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received mixed leads from overnight trading overseas, with Wall Street indices slightly higher, precious metals and copper lower, but oil finishing up. At 0815 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
Australian shares are expected to open lower after Wall Street indices were down overnight, and commodity prices fell. At 0822 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was 54 points lower at 4,664. In economic news on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open stronger on Friday after financial stocks propelled Wall Street higher overnight. At 0744 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was up 41 points at 4,860, on a volume ...